Israeli demonstrators shout “I’m proud to be a racist” and “You should all be in camps,” and a former Israeli police chief says suspicion of Ethiopians is only “natural”:
- This Is How Black People Are Treated in Israel (Mint Press)
Somali-American Muslims withdrew their request in deference to their neighbors, but still do not know why the call to prayer should be treated differently than church bells”:
Palestinians and Israelis each kill a noncombatant teenager, making this the deadliest year since 2005:
- Teenager Dies and 22 Injured in Twin Rush-hour Blasts in Jerusalem (The Guardian)
- Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Palestinian Child in Nablus (Palestine Chronicle)
The school claims to encourage differences of “views, beliefs and opinions” but students who challenged a claim on homosexuality in Islam were “put in isolation and suspended”:
The day before, “Israeli settlers, under army protection, closed the main entrance of Nilin town, west of Ramallah”:
“The three largest Muslim majority countries, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangledesh, have already elected a women president. How many women presidents have we had in this country?”
- Jefferson Educational Society Series Wraps with ‘Women in Islam’ (Redlands Community News)
With the spread of adoption of the flawed IHRA definition of antisemitism, conflation of criticism of apartheid with antisemitism becomes increasingly problematic:
- It’s Not Antisemitic to Oppose Israel’s Apartheid Rule Over the Palestinians (Jacobin)
- Navi Pillay, Who Leads a UN Rights Probe on Palestine and Israel, Hits Back on Slurs Against Her (PassBlue)
- Germany Drops Legal Action against PA President Abbas for ‘Denying’ Holocaust (Palestine Chronicle)
- Why German State Racism Is Now Directed at the Palestinians (Middle East Eye)
- Palestine Solidarity Activists Not Guilty of Criminal Damage Conspiracy, Jury Finds (The Justice Gap)
“Fatima’s role as treasurer for that early group of British Muslims was ‘so important’ as women ‘can’t even get into a load of mosques’ boards now, never mind [be] a treasurer'”:
